Jim Linderman blog about surface, wear, form and authenticity in self-taught art, outsider art, antique american folk art, antiques and photography.
Showing posts with label Gem Duplicator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gem Duplicator. Show all posts
Vintage Gem Duplicator Grainy Pinup Girls on Colored Paper
Likely created by a Gem duplicator which was sold out of St. Louis. A crappy little machine no larger than a hankie box. It was marketed as a way of "making your own postcards" in the 1940s, I believe. These could have been run off on a competing product. It isn't too hard to find the mechanical duplicator in a box on the web, but actual prints are less common. These are good examples of cheap home technology meeting the gals and gams of post-war folly. They have a nice "etching" like shading.
Group of home duplicator pinup girls on paper Collection Jim Linderman
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